April 12, 2014 - Politicians!

Songs about politicians, with Reagan, Thatcher, and Nixon taking a considerable lead. But don't worry, rest of history, I dug up a bunch of songs about those who rule!



Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night (Uneasy Listening theme song)
Gene Marshall - Jimmy Carter Says Yes
Rod, Terri & the MSR Singers - Richard Nixon
Black Randy & the Metrosquad - Idi Amin
Uncle Dave Macon - Governor Al Smith
Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Up In the Air
Chumbawamba - Slap
Roky Erickson & Bleib Allen - Song to Abe Lincoln
REM - Exhuming McCarthy
Minutemen - Joe McCarthy's Ghost
Almanac Singers - Ballad of October 16
Big Black - Il Duce
Showcase Showdown - Last of the Whigs
Leadbelly - Abraham Lincoln
They Might Be Giants - James K. Polk
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles/We've Got a Bigger Problem Now
Violent Femmes - Old Mother Reagan
Suicidal Tendencies - I Shot the Devil
Los Crudos - Asesinos
Public Enemy - By the Time I Get to Arizona
Neil Young - Campaigner
The Larks - Maggie Maggie Maggie Out Out Out
Honey Drippers - Impeach the President
Crass - How Does It Feel (To Be the Mother of 1000 Dead)
Prince -Ronnie Talk to Russia
Adicts - Mary Whitehouse
Pussy Riot - Putin Zassal
Gil Scott-Heron - H20 Gate Blues
Chumbawamba - Tony Blair
Sinead O'Connor - Black Boys on Mopeds
Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothing
Exploited - Let's Start a War (Said Maggie One Day)
Curtis Mayfield - Don't Worry (If There's a Hell Below We're All Gonna Go)
Mr. Lif - Home of the Brave